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Team identifies inflammation-fighting nanoparticles in honey

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Sugars make up about 95% of honey, explaining how the substance became synonymous with sweetness and a food staple of bee colonies, which repeatedly digest and regurgitate flower nectar to produce it.

Apr 1, 2021

Search for strange Skyrmion phenomenon fails but finds stranger magnetic beaded necklace

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Physicists on the hunt for a rarely seen magnetic spin texture have discovered another object that bears its hallmarks, hidden in the structure of ultra-thin magnetic films, that they have called an incommensurate spin crystal.

Apr 1, 2021

Spin-to-charge conversion achieves 95% overall qubit readout fidelity

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An innovative quit readout method which converts fragile spin state to more robust charge state provisions fault-tolerant quantum computing, the next milestone in the field of quantum computing.

Apr 1, 2021

Researchers develop third and final 'made-to-order' nanotube synthesis technique

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The typical 'top-down' method of producing carbon nanotubes does not allow for control over their diameter, length or which of three types will be produced. Control over two types has recently been demonstrated by producing their element...

Apr 1, 2021

Scientists observe role of cavitation in glass fracturing

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Dr. SHEN Laiquan, Prof. BAI Haiyang, Prof. SUN Baoan, and others from Prof. WANG Weihua's group at the Institute of Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have successfully observed the effect of cavitation on fracture behavior in g...

Apr 1, 2021

3D design leads to first stable and strong self-assembling 1D nanographene wires

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An international team of researchers has synthesized curved, infinitely stacking nanographenes -- like potato chips in a cardboard can -- that can assemble into nanowires.

Apr 1, 2021

Qubits comprised of holes could be the trick to build faster, larger quantum computers

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A new study in Nature partner journal npj Quantum Information, out overnight, demonstrates a path towards scaling individual qubits to a mini-quantum computer, using holes. The study, which includes two ARC Centres of Excellence (FLEET and CQC2T) ...

Apr 1, 2021

Zoom video call is powered by Google’s quantum computer – Physics World

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Meeting participants could soon enjoy quantum advantage The post Zoom video call is powered by Google’s quantum computer appeared first on Physics World.

Mar 31, 2021

Job For Particle Accelerators May Be Possible on Tabletop

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Cold clouds of atoms—Bose-Einstein Condensates—will test quantum gravity, enable atom-scale lithography and prospect for minerals from afar

Mar 31, 2021

Job For Particle Accelerators May Be Possible on Tabletop

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Testing whether gravity obeys the laws of classical physics or quantum mechanics is no easy matter. Discovering mineral deposits from space and etching atom-sized lithographs aren’t exactly simple either. But all three tasks may soon belong to a ...

Mar 31, 2021

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